The selling was finished by ten o'clock.

Nifty made its low for the day inside the first thirty minutes,
at 24,299. It did not go back. The high came in the afternoon,
around 24,429, and the close held at 24,383 — a hundred and
thirty point range, and the close sat in the upper third of it.

That order matters more than the numbers do. A day that makes
its low first and its high last is a day where the sellers were
already positioned before the bell and had nothing left to do
by mid-morning. A day that does the reverse — high early, low
late — is a day where buyers were the ones who ran out. Same
range, same close, opposite meaning. Where the low sits in the
day tells you who was in a hurry.

THE WEEK

Last week the index printed a low near 23,600. Today it closed
at 24,383. That is roughly 780 points of ground, taken back
across two weeks, and the week finished with buyers holding
the close rather than surrendering it into the last hour.

For anyone who spent the last fortnight waiting for the rally
to fail, this was the week it did not.

WHAT YOU KNOW BY TONIGHT

Today's low: 24,299, made in the first thirty minutes.
Today's high: 24,429, made in the afternoon.
Today's close: 24,383 — upper third of the day's range.
Last week's low: 23,600.

And one idea worth more than the four numbers above it: check
where the low of the day sits before you decide what the day
meant. The close tells you the score. The order tells you who
was under pressure.

This is commentary only. Nothing here is a buy/sell call or a
recommendation — no derivatives, no positions suggested. For any
personal investment decision, please consult a SEBI-registered
adviser.